Portable infant-house.



w. 'REuss.

PORTABLE INFANT HOUSE. APPLICATION FILED NOV 7, IBM- Patented Oct. 22,1918.

wILHELMI'NA REUSS, OF CEDAR; GROVE, INDIANA.

Pom-Acme mrAnr-nousn.

To all whom it may concern:

"Be 1t known that I, VVIL'HELMINA Rnnss,

la'cit'izen of theli'nited States, residing at is a? specification. L Thls invc tlOl'l' relates to portable infant 'CedenGro've, in the county of Franklin amhState of Indiana, have invented certain' new and useful Improvements in Portable Infant Houses, of which the following houses'or ens and has as its objcct to provide a dev cc of this class in'which an infant; may rest con'ifortaliily and wil-lbe effectually:

protected from dra t'ts. domestic animals, and

contact with objects. which would; be liable to cause injury. V

Another aim of the invention to provide a device of this class whi ch whennot in; use;

. being dropped to vertical position. In ormay "be arranged in compact form so as to occupy but little space, the roof of the house being formed Yin sections .xvhich may be swung down to serve as tables or trays upon which the infants, toys may be- 'disp'osedand swung up to simulate a gable roota, I

Another. aim "of the invention is to prowhich, wh'enthc house is not in use mayfbe vide a house or pen-for the purpose stated which will be constructed'to support the in. tent above the floor )surface and, consequently, out of floor drafts.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a. perspective low of the house embodying the presentinvcntion;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view therethrough.

In the drawings. the house is illustrated as comprising a substantially rectangular body including a floor or bottom 1 side walls 2. and end walls 3, the body being 0 on at its topand being preferably support e upon springs 3' mounted upon axles 4 provided at their ends with wheels 5 so that the house or pen may be; moved about from place to place. It is profcrablcthat the house he provided interiorly with a padding or lining 6 covering the inner surfaces of'the floor 1, side walls 2 and end walls 3 of'thc house, and serving as a cushion to protect the intent from bruises and other injuries when moving about within the house. In order to provide for ventilation of thc'housc and thereby provide against the house becoming uncomfortably warrn,- one side wall 2 of the house. is provided with an opening 7 covered by a screen 8. i

The convertible roof ofthe house comprises side sections each indicated by the are cngagcable withjkeepers .z.

Specification 0'. Letters Patent. l n {'(Pllllfi 00D. 22. 1.918.

Application filed November 7. 1917. Serial No. 200.515

nlunera'l 9 and those sermons fl -WU connected at their inner edges to the upper edges of the side walls 2 01' the but 0 and may be'swuug up to'form the sides of the roof shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings or swung down as shown in Fig. 1 ofjtlie drawings so asto form tables or shelves at the o posite sides at the body of thefhouse, for

't e support of the in fants toys; Tn this latterpos tion the scctions 9 are designed to be firmly supported by means of brackets 11 which-are hingedl-y mounted, as at, 12, upon the outer faces of the side walls 2 of the house. By reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings it WIll be observed that the brackets may be swung to lie against the said side Walls, whereby to permit of the sections 9 der to 'revent the childs toys: falling or rolling rom the shelves formedb. the secupon the inner face of the sections nude-xtend along the edges thereof. The roof also includes triangular-gable sections 14 which are hinged, as at 1'5,'a t't.heir inner edges, to the u .Iper edges of the end 'walls 3 and which may 'e swung to upright position. as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, dr may be swung to horizontal position. as shown in Fig. 1, to afford additional shelf or table space. W hcn the gable sections 14 are swungto liprigrl'it position, as shown in Fig. 2, their convergingrdges will lie inwardly of the moldin}: strips 13 at the ends of the roof sections 9 so that the sections 14 will be preventedfrou'i accidentally .drop Jin c, to horizontal position. against accidental displacement when swung In order to hold the sections 9' to the positionshowrr'in-Fig. 2. latches iti are secured IIPOH fOIIP bf thG sections and upun the other section. y r p F om the foregoingdescription of the invention. -it will*:beiseen that there is rov ided 'ef'classdesciibedwhic ma'ykbe readilymoved about. from room to room-,-

will support the infant placed tlietelltgglihi" of the floor and n'otect itjagainstii will occupy but little spacciwlien nnt.in-.m rovidefshelves or tables support 0 the infants toys when the deviof" and will is in actual use. i

- Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A device of the class described comprisin a body open at its top, members hinge 1y connected with the opposite sides of the body at the top thereof, and other members hmgedly connected with the ends of the body at the upper end-thereof, the said members being adapted to be swung to position-to serve as shelves and in he swung upwardlyto simulate drool. the last mentioned members'eons'tituting supports for the first-mentioned members when the members are in swung-up position.

2. In a device-of the class, described, a,

body, shelves hingedly mounted upon the opposite sides of the body, and shelves hingedly mounted upon the opposite ends of the body all of the said shelves being adapt ed to be swung down when in use and tube swung upwardly to position above the body when not in use, the first mentioned members being designed to simulate the sloping sides and the last-mentioned n'len'ibers the sloping ends of a gable roof when all of the members are swung up.

In testnnony whereof I 'afhx my slgnatiu'e.

WILHELMINA REUSS. [11. s.] 

